Site-aspect influence on climate sensitivity over time of a high-altitude Pinus cembra tree-ring network

Climatic Change

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-201

  Leonelli, Giovanni ^a   Pelfini, Manuela ^a   Battipaglia, Giovanna ^b   Cherubini, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RING; AVERAGE WIDTH; CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; DIVERGENCE PROBLEMS; GROWING SEASON; HIGH ALTITUDE; INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NONSTATIONARY; RADIAL GROWTH; RING-WIDTH; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE LIMITEDS; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE; TREE RINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FACINGS;

FORESTRY;

ALTITUDE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; GROWING SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

GROWTH; METEOROLOGY; PINUS CEMBRA; TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; ITALY;

PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 76149100251     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9574-6     Document Type: Article

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